H-6 Bomber Aircraft Discussions
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PLA retrofits old bombers as electronic warfare aircraft
Old bomber fleet has been given a new role to play to jam radars and communications of a foe
By ASIA TIMES STAFF JANUARY 22, 2018 6:33 PM (UTC+8)
The PLA Navy’s South Sea Fleet, based in the city of Zhanjiang in the southern province of Guangdong, has commissioned a new fleet of electronic-warfare aircraft in its recent combat maneuvers.
H-6G bombers converted into radar-jamming and deception warplanes have electronic countermeasure (ECM) pods under their wings after the People’s Liberation Army spent almost a decade retrofitting them, according to a China Central Television program. The H-6G was originally a variant of the H-6 bomber designed to guide and provide targeting data to ground-launched cruise missiles.
An ECM pod is seen beneath a wing of an H-6G plane during a recent drill. Photo: People’s Daily via China Central TV
One such H-6G ECM plane was seen in a recent South Sea Fleet sea-air maneuver in the Western Pacific.
The modified H-6G fitted with ECM pods can engage in combat missions using electronic jamming, suppression, and anti-radiation, the CCTV program said.
The decades-old H-6G bombers will thus be given an extended lease of service as a new electronic warcraft while the PLA is expediting the modernization of its bomber fleet with H-6Ks and H-20s.
“The main role of the electronic fighters is to pre-empt and obstruct a foe’s electronic … devices like radars, and further paralyze these surveillance devices so as to hide our combat platforms’ track and routes,” military expert and TV commentator Song Zhongping told the Global Times.
Large portions of the South and East China Seas, particularly disputed islets and reefs involved in conflicting territorial claims by China and neighboring countries, can be covered by the H-6Gs’ powerful ECM pods, Song said.
Such warcraft that can jam a foe’s communications and radars could be vital now that China, the US and other countries have revved up patrols of these waters.
China has developed advanced, versatile ECM pods to be mounted on various fighter jets for such combat requirements, such as the J-15 or even J-20 fighters.
China’s tandem JH-7 fighter-bomber was also seen carrying such ECM pods in previous PLA Air Force military drills.
The Chinese military has always aspired to have an indigenous version of the US Navy’s EA-18G Growler warplane, a variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet. Retrofitting H-6Gs is seen as a step toward converting more warplanes, including shipborne fighters, into electronic-warfare planes, analysts say.
Old bomber fleet has been given a new role to play to jam radars and communications of a foe
By ASIA TIMES STAFF JANUARY 22, 2018 6:33 PM (UTC+8)
The PLA Navy’s South Sea Fleet, based in the city of Zhanjiang in the southern province of Guangdong, has commissioned a new fleet of electronic-warfare aircraft in its recent combat maneuvers.
H-6G bombers converted into radar-jamming and deception warplanes have electronic countermeasure (ECM) pods under their wings after the People’s Liberation Army spent almost a decade retrofitting them, according to a China Central Television program. The H-6G was originally a variant of the H-6 bomber designed to guide and provide targeting data to ground-launched cruise missiles.
An ECM pod is seen beneath a wing of an H-6G plane during a recent drill. Photo: People’s Daily via China Central TV
One such H-6G ECM plane was seen in a recent South Sea Fleet sea-air maneuver in the Western Pacific.
The modified H-6G fitted with ECM pods can engage in combat missions using electronic jamming, suppression, and anti-radiation, the CCTV program said.
The decades-old H-6G bombers will thus be given an extended lease of service as a new electronic warcraft while the PLA is expediting the modernization of its bomber fleet with H-6Ks and H-20s.
“The main role of the electronic fighters is to pre-empt and obstruct a foe’s electronic … devices like radars, and further paralyze these surveillance devices so as to hide our combat platforms’ track and routes,” military expert and TV commentator Song Zhongping told the Global Times.
Large portions of the South and East China Seas, particularly disputed islets and reefs involved in conflicting territorial claims by China and neighboring countries, can be covered by the H-6Gs’ powerful ECM pods, Song said.
Such warcraft that can jam a foe’s communications and radars could be vital now that China, the US and other countries have revved up patrols of these waters.
China has developed advanced, versatile ECM pods to be mounted on various fighter jets for such combat requirements, such as the J-15 or even J-20 fighters.
China’s tandem JH-7 fighter-bomber was also seen carrying such ECM pods in previous PLA Air Force military drills.
The Chinese military has always aspired to have an indigenous version of the US Navy’s EA-18G Growler warplane, a variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet. Retrofitting H-6Gs is seen as a step toward converting more warplanes, including shipborne fighters, into electronic-warfare planes, analysts say.
#1231...why do you post this real old picture, yet you complaint bitterly about others!! an old adage..people who live in glass house shouldn't throw stones!!
Come on ... what a stupid reply!!! Are you mad man or do you not read.
Yes it is a dated image - just as I said myself - but posted as a direct reply to a question. ... you instead again post Sina-images that were also posted twice even worse in the wrong thread.
Grow up.
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Anyway back to topic....
First of all there are at least three - maybe even four - different pods.
Second, this pod is neither new nor the first time seen on the H-6G. NA is operating several JH-7 and JH-7A with these pods since years.
Third; similar to the Jh-7/-7A these are IMO not a new dedicated EW-type as some report would like to assume, but nothing more than an additional store, which was so far rarely seen on the regular H-6G-bombers.
First of all there are at least three - maybe even four - different pods.
Second, this pod is neither new nor the first time seen on the H-6G. NA is operating several JH-7 and JH-7A with these pods since years.
Third; similar to the Jh-7/-7A these are IMO not a new dedicated EW-type as some report would like to assume, but nothing more than an additional store, which was so far rarely seen on the regular H-6G-bombers.
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as a super moderator, you are both ignorant about contributors' feelings, and derogative in calling people name. you must enjoy knocking people down. time to grow up yourself and learn to be a bit tolerant.. it may help decrease your fowl temperCome on ... what a stupid reply!!! Are you mad man or do you not read.
Yes it is a dated image - just as I said myself - but posted as a direct reply to a question. ... you instead again post Sina-images that were also posted twice even worse in the wrong thread.
Grow up.
Pardon, but this is a military-related forum with - at least IMO - a much higher standard than several other forums I know.
Consequently my duty is most of all to keep the forum running in a civilized manner, to keep the quality of the current level, to ensure that the rules are adhered to and NOT to care about the sentiments or feeling of members, who constantly ignore any questions, who repeatedly were kindly asked NOT to post gifs, not to re-post images in lower quality in the wrong thread or after they were just posted before or who think they can post whatever rubbish they want.
That we all make mistakes is more than natural, we are all humans and after a kind reminder there's nothing wrong to continue. But posting most of the time rubbish, ignoring any reminder or advise but then looking for certain mistakes of others to justify the own faults that's some sort of trolling.
Therefore plain and simple: take better care of what you post and where you post, reply to member's or moderator's questions and do not ignore others. However if these two simple advises are too difficult to you, then I see indeed problems for you ... or at least to become happy.
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Interesting
Eventually if they decide to have a bomber division in every corner and central part of China we could be looking at over 100 bombers
Currently around 80 x H6K units produced I doubt they will continue after this batch since H-20 is rumoured for 2019
Having said that it won’t enter production for many years yet so a 5th batch of H6K might come around
Big scope for H-20 to enter in large numbers
Eventually if they decide to have a bomber division in every corner and central part of China we could be looking at over 100 bombers
Currently around 80 x H6K units produced I doubt they will continue after this batch since H-20 is rumoured for 2019
Having said that it won’t enter production for many years yet so a 5th batch of H6K might come around
Big scope for H-20 to enter in large numbers